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Typical sold price, MK40

£323,000

250 real sales, 9 January 2026 to 25 August 2026. A rough cash guide is shown below, not a quote.

Sales in sample
250
Cash guide, 70%
£226,000
Cash guide, 85%
£275,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

Our take · opinion, not advice

Our take on selling in Town centre / riverside: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead

At around 33 sales a month, Town centre / riverside ticks along steadily, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.

If you are selling here, detached homes typically sold for £530,000 against £177,500 for flats, which explains a spread of £154,500 to £582,000, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; roughly 33 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.

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A cash sale trades price for certainty, and at a steady pace like this the open market is also a sound route if you can wait; a rough guide, not a quote: 70–85% of a typical £323,000 home is about £226,000 to £275,000, so ask how any offer compares with homes that sold nearby.

Ahead of any viewing or offer, gather a clear list of what the sale includes (fixtures and fittings); any boiler, gas and electrical certificates; and the lease paperwork if it is leasehold; your conveyancer can add anything specific to your home.

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Our opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.

Key figures

Town centre / riverside at a glance

Sourced figures for the district, each one dated.

  • Most sell between

    £154,500 to £582,000

    Middle 80% of 250 sales

  • Gross yield

    4.4%

    gross, before costs, illustrative

  • Average rent

    £1,173 a month

    Bedford, August 2026

  • Planning applications

    2,045

    Within 500 m of the centre

Local data

What Town centre / riverside homes sell for

Real Land Registry sold prices for MK40, each chart with its table underneath.

Price by type

What each type sells for in MK40

Detached homes had the highest typical price in MK40 at £530,000, from 38 sales; flats came to £177,500.

  • Detached16%
  • Semi-detached27%
  • Terraced24%
  • Flats34%
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TypeTypical (median)Sales
Detached£530,00038
Semi-detached£365,00066
Terraced£325,00058
Flats£177,50082

HM Land Registry, 9 January 2026 to 25 August 2026. Types with fewer than 10 sales are left out.

Rent by size

What Bedford homes rent for

Average private rent in Bedford was £1,173 a month in August 2026, a gross yield of 4.4% on the MK40 median price (gross, before costs, illustrative).

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1 bed £800, 2 bed £1,029, 3 bed £1,260, 4+ bed £1,806 a month. ONS source

ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026. The rent covers the whole local area, not just MK40.

Planning activity

Planning near Town centre / riverside

2,045 planning applications within 500 m of the MK40 centre. Of the 20 most recent, 9 are still undecided.

  • Decided55%
  • Undecided45%
Planning detail

Planning activity near Town centre / riverside

2,045 planning applications within 500 m of the MK40 district centre

That count covers every date PlanIt holds. The 20 most recent were received between 13 Feb 2026 and 25 Jun 2026, and 9 of them are still undecided.

Source: PlanIt (planit.org.uk), which gathers local council planning registers. Checked 22 July 2026. This is activity in the area, not at any one address, and coverage and council update speed vary.

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PlanIt, from local council planning registers. Area activity, not one address.

Sold prices

Contains HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Central and premium riverside stock.

Whatever the reason you need to move on in Town centre / riverside (Bedford), a cash sale can be quicker and simpler than the open market, though cash buyers usually offer below market value. Want to know what homes in Town centre / riverside actually sell for first? See real Land Registry sold prices for MK40.

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Rent: ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026 (published 16 September 2026): the average monthly rent for all private rented homes in Bedford, up 3.0% on a year earlier. It covers the whole area, not just MK40. Official statistics in development. By size: 1 bed £800, 2 bed £1,029, 3 bed £1,260, 4+ bed £1,806.

Gross yield is 12 months of that average rent divided by the MK40 median sale price. It is gross, before costs such as void periods, agent and management fees, repairs, insurance, tax and mortgage interest, and illustrative only: the rent covers a whole local area and every property type, while the price is for MK40, so the two are not a like-for-like pair.

Price spread and sales volume are from HM Land Registry sold prices. Liquidity (sales volume) is a rough guide to how many homes change hands, not a forecast.

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What actually sold in MK40

Filter by property type and radius around the MK40 centre. Distances use each sale's postcode centroid, so they are approximate.

250 sales match · page 1 of 13

Address Price Date
CASTLE QUAY, CASTLE LANE, BEDFORDMK40 3FE£185,0002026-08-25
6, MENTMORE CLOSE, BEDFORDMK40 4FD£340,0002026-08-17
81, SAXON WAY, BEDFORDMK40 4GP£357,0002026-08-17
21, ROWAN CLOSE, BEDFORDMK40 4SJ£400,0002026-08-17
83, DUDLEY STREET, BEDFORDMK40 3SZ£290,0002026-08-11
38, ROSAMOND ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 3UG£475,0002026-08-10
78, IDDESLEIGH ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 4LL£230,0002026-08-07
109, GEORGE STREET, BEDFORDMK40 3SJ£385,0002026-07-31
26, KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 2NR£790,0002026-07-31
152, HOWBURY STREET, BEDFORDMK40 3QS£465,0002026-07-31
59, HENLEY ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 4FX£157,5002026-07-31
7, PEMBROKE STREET, BEDFORDMK40 3RH£387,5002026-07-28
13, CLOVELLY WAY, BEDFORDMK40 3BJ£375,0002026-07-28
1, DYNEVOR ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 2DB£182,5002026-07-24
21, GREENKEEPERS ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 4FS£370,0002026-07-23
22, ALWIN COURT, BEDFORDMK40 4SP£286,0002026-07-22
CROWN QUAY, PREBEND STREET, BEDFORDMK40 1BN£150,0002026-07-21
58, BRADGATE ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 3GB£375,0002026-07-20
PORTIA HOUSE, SHAKESPEARE ROAD, BEDFORDMK40 2DR£170,5002026-07-20
1, REGENTS MEWS, BEDFORDMK40 4DL£540,0002026-07-17

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Common questions

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